Photo Credit: Al.com By Bob Marovich Anthony Heilbut informed JGM this morning that Evelyn Starks Hardy, an original member of the Gospel Harmonettes, has died. Hardy, along with Mildred Madison Howard and Odessa Edwards, students at Birmingham's Parker High School, formed the Gospel Harmonettes in 1940. They were [...]
Photo Credit: uGospel.com By Bob Marovich Erica Campbell of Mary Mary and Ricky Dillard & New G needed push carts to carry home their hardware from the 30th annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards, televised in Las Vegas yesterday evening. The Stellar Award is the top honor for artists performing [...]
J. Matthew Cobb of HiFi Magazine reported the loss of Evangelist Valerie Griffin, a former member and lead singer of gospel choir Ricky Dillard & New G. More details will be available as they are forthcoming.
Marcel West of Detroit reported to the Journal of Gospel Music that Mr. Cleveland Cole, father-in-law of Dorinda Clark Cole and a musician in his own right, passed away Sunday morning. Marcel adds that Cole was the president of the famous Southwest Michigan State Choir of the Church of God [...]
The Duncanaires: Honey Sykes top row, second from left. I was so dismayed to hear that Delores "Honey" Sykes of the Duncanaires and Thompson Community Singers, has passed away. I spoke with her sometime last month and although she had been on dialysis for some time, there wasn't [...]
Columbia, MD - Habakkuk Music has announced a historic partnership with Central City Productions to release a special compilation album celebrating the 30th anniversary of The Stellar Gospel Music Awards. The highly anticipated album, Stellar Awards 30th Anniversary 1985-2015 (Habakkuk Music), releases March 31, 2015. The first Stellar Gospel Music Awards [...]
From Donnie McClurkin's Facebook page. First Olivia and now Cheri. Please keep the McClurkin family in your prayers. June 8, 1962 – March 3, 2015 CHERYL “CHERI” MCCLURKIN Los Angeles, CA (March 3, 2015) - The McClurkin Family gathered together today to say farewell to sibling, Cheryl “Cheri” McClurkin who [...]
Congratulations to the following 57th GRAMMY Award recipients: Best Gospel Performance/Song: "No Greater Love" - Smokie Norful Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: "Messengers" - Lecrae feat. For King & Country Best Gospel Album: Help - Erica Campbell Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Run Wild. Live Free. Live Strong. - For [...]
JGM learned from Anthony Heilbut today that Willie James McPhatter, gospel singer-songwriter and accompanist, has died. Originally from Buffalo, New York, McPhatter--the cousin of Clyde McPhatter of the world-famous vocal groups the Dominoes and Drifters--had worked with a number of gospel groups by 1954 when Alex Bradford ("Too Close to [...]
WASHINGTON, DC: Marsha D. Sumner, a native Washingtonian and celebrated local gospel radio announcer for two decades, died on Saturday, January 24, after a brief illness. She was 69. Sumner, who was born on April 20, 1945, attended DC public schools and graduated from Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School, where [...]
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